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Shoes – Can Second Hand Shoes Curse Or Kill You?

Can second-hand shoes carry a curse? Why I rarely buy them, the questions I ask about who wore them before, and why I follow my gut when I try a pair on.

Vintage Chanel shoes at a market stall, cream with black toes, beside white flowers and a table of belts and hats

I have seen reels saying that in India there is a belief that karma can kill you, or make you poor and sick, if you wear someone else’s second-hand shoes. Can vintage footwear anoint you to prosper? Or can it make you ill, and in some cases kill you before your time?

I rarely buy second-hand shoes, and when I have, I never wore them and gave them away. Ask yourself what life walked before you placed yourself in someone else’s shoes, literally. Can someone else’s footprint change your destiny?

Shoes are powerful because they belong to your very own footprint. They belong to you. You chose to buy them because they represented your spirit. But the second-hand shoes you bought: what on earth was their history before you stepped foot into them?

Pair of vintage Chanel pumps in cream leather with black toe caps, laid on a black cloth with a crystal camellia bracelet
Woman in black leather trousers leaning on a cast-iron lamp post in red stiletto court shoes on cobblestones

Walking in someone else’s footprint

I can’t fathom the curse, the anointing, or even the history of someone else’s shoes. When you buy in vintage stores, where have the shoes been before you? Who owned the shoes? Why did they buy them? And why did the person give them away? Was it a death, or an illness, that put those shoes on your feet?

Why buy second-hand shoes in the first place? Is it the lack of cash, or is it that you like the uniqueness?

Gracie Opulanza seated outdoors in grey knee socks with navy ribbon bows and Gucci heels, tan lace-up boots beside her

Illness

What goes around comes around. Can the karma on a pre-owned shoe end up in your life? Could shoes that were owned by someone else curse you and make you very sick? Could a curse of death be in those shoes?

Can materials like leather carry the curse of death? I truly believe they can. Shoes are so personal. Over time your footprint gets moulded into the shoe. So it’s your soul walking the walk of life.

How do you know where those shoes have walked? Could they have been part of a robbery or a murder? What was the person who owned them about? Were they evil? Were they kind and friendly?

I believe in the scripture of someone else giving you their success and their power to heal others.

Three women's legs on a seafront wall, one pair in camel slouch boots, the others in black and burgundy ankle boots

1 Kings 19:19

So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him.

Follow your shoe instinct

I touch successful people and kind people. I touch people’s cloaks when I want to be like them and be inspired by them.

When you buy second-hand shoes, or are given a pair, follow your gut instinct. Be sensitive to how you feel when you place them on your feet. When you walk in someone else’s shoes, do they empower you? Or do you feel heavy and unsettled? If so, take them off. They don’t belong on your feet. Give them away. And if you feel evil, go and burn them. Don’t mess with the supernatural. It is real, and so are curses.

Row of women's shoes on a wooden floor: pink and cream pumps, black heels and sandals with gold heels, and tan sandals

Generational shoe curses

My ancestors were an interesting lot. My surname is Giove, which is very powerful in Italy. Giove means Jupiter. Whilst in Rome I saw my surname on a masterpiece. In Florence there is a sala, a room, named after my surname, Giove. I do believe that this is my heritage, and I touched those things as an endorsement, and to continue that legacy.

Collage of a woman standing on a pink-lit shoreline, looking at a huge moon and Jupiter rising over the sea

Giove is Jupiter. Think how powerful that is. I am that person: a warrior, always in battle, pioneering new revolutions and renaissances. Those are the shoes I want to wear and replicate. That is my family, who give me that anointing and legacy. This is my walk, these are my footprints, and these are the shoes that belong to me. I want to continue to leave my footprint in my own unique and niche shoes.

The planet Jupiter against a black background, showing its cloud bands and the Great Red Spot

What does your shoe say about you?

Look at your collection of shoes. Ask yourself: how many have I worn? How many have I bought that don’t belong to me? Get rid of the shoes that are holding you back in life, on every level.

I sold ten pairs of new shoes and will continue to do so. Why do I do that? My spirit says this is a new era, a new fight for freedom. I am Jupiter, and I need to wear shoes that represent that spirit.

The shoes in these photographs are mine: the Chanel pumps, the Gucci heels and the pink suede platforms.

Pink suede platform sandal with a bow and ankle strap, worn on a stone ledge against a turquoise background

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